At least it's still forty-two...
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Forty-two.
Forty-two.
12/25/2004 05:20 PM
Douglas Adams will soon be coming to the
silver screen (
again).
New concept art, casting
info,
updated news,
as well as some background on the project has been
diligently compiled. A
short trailer and some additional concept art can be found on the
official movie site.
Forty Years of Moore's Law
Forty Years of Moore's Law
04/05/2005 06:43 PMForty years ago today
Forty years ago today
02/15/2004 02:33 PM
Actually, it was in 1960, four years before the Beatles showed up on
Ed Sullivan, that
Doug
McIlroy published
Macro instruction extensions of compiler languages, which
appears to be a seminal paper in the literature of metaprogramming. I
mention this because a number of folks have responded to last week's
item,
Programs
that write programs, pointing out that Lisp programmers have been
there, done that:
"your note about code generation, and the referenced discussions -
bits of which i'd already read elsewhere, left me with a really eerie
feeling, that i might not be living in the same dimension with you
folks. you see, there's a practice of code generation which extends
back decades: lisp. code generations is a lisp programmer's bread and
butter."
"In the lisp world, they call these macros. The idea is pretty widely
known, though not too many languages implement them. Perl 6, and by
extension the Parrot interpreter, will include macros, and they will
thus be available to any language that gets implemented on top of
Parrot (which currently includes Ruby, Python, (maybe) PHP, and, of
course, Perl)."
...FAQ: Forty years of Moore's Law
FAQ: Forty years of Moore's Law
04/01/2005 08:55 AMGordon Moore's famous law has been around for four decades. Not bad
for an idea he thought wouldn't last.
Photos: Moore and his law
Forty shows for BBC Two birthday
Forty shows for BBC Two birthday
04/13/2004 04:46 AMBBC Two's The Office and Monty Python are among 40 shows picked to
celebrate the channel's 40th birthday.
Forty years after Fannie Lou Hamer
Forty years after Fannie Lou Hamer
07/28/2004 09:54 PMForty hurt in Bulgaria gas attack
Forty hurt in Bulgaria gas attack
04/09/2004 04:13 PM
At least 40 people are hurt, some seriously, in a poison gas attack at
a police office in the capital, Sofia.
Forty Percent of All Email is Spam
Forty Percent of All Email is Spam
03/13/2003 10:16 AMNLM Funds Forty Health Information and
Access Projects
NLM Funds Forty Health Information and
Access Projects
09/12/2004 07:11 AMNLM Funds Forty Health Information and Access
Projectshttp://www.nl
m.nih.gov/news/nnlmelectronic04.htmlThe U.S. National
Library of Medicine recently announced that 40 projects designed to
improve access to electronic health information for the general public
have been funded through the National Network of Libraries of
Medicine. Projects, scattered among 24 states, range from
disseminating information on rare disorders, to maintaining Web sites
for specific groups, to ratcheting up existing healthcare information
Web sites. For example, the Periodic Paralysis Association of
Monrovia, Calif., plans to use its grant to develop a Web-based video
library to enhance the diagnostic knowledge base for this class of
rare neurological disorders. The Florida Gulfcoast North Area Health
Education Center and two other partners will expand and support the
Florida School Nurse Project, which will include training and access
to health information for school nurses and related professionals. And
the Mississippi Valley State University James Herbert White Library
and partners from local Golden Age Club and Boys and Girls Club will
establish a program to train youth and senior adults in locating and
using electronic health information. All projects will last up to 18
months. (National Library of Medicine 23 Aug 2004)
Lordy, lordy, look who's forty!
Lordy, lordy, look who's forty!
01/23/2004 03:54 AM Lunch.
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Maryland Game Developer Vision
Videogames Receives NASA Space Act
Agreement To Develop Space Station Game
Maryland Game Developer Vision
Videogames Receives NASA Space Act
Agreement To Develop Space Station Game
05/31/2004 01:55 PMVision Videogames of Towson, Maryland received a Space Act Agreement
from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) earlier
this month to develop their PC/PS2/Xbox game, Space Station:SIM, due
for consumer release this Christmas season. The Space Act Agreement is
a continuation of one received by GRS Games before Vision Videogames
management bought out the company in March 2004. It allows Vision
Videogames a flow of information from, and access to, NASA personnel
so the company can gather information to build their game. “The game
has captured everyone’s imagination. We have individuals and
international agencies including JAXA (The Japanese Space Agency)
volunteering to help us with drawings, science, music – anything you
can imagine,” says company president Bill Mueller. In Space
Station:SIM, the player assumes the roll of the Chief Administrator of
NASA, creating astronaut crewmembers with unique needs, abilities and
personalities while managing their activities and personal
relationships like “The SIMS®”. [PRWEB May 31, 2004]
Space Shot on a Shoestring
Space Shot on a Shoestring
06/21/2004 06:08 AMPrivately financed SpaceShipOne is set to soar into history Monday
high above the desert sky, and civilian Mike Melvill could become the
first people's astronaut. This could be the dawning of the second
Space Age. Dan Brekke reports from Mojave, California.
First Private Shot At Space
First Private Shot At Space
06/20/2004 06:52 PMCBS News Jun 20 2004 10:52PM GMT
China Merchandises Its Space Shot
China Merchandises Its Space Shot
11/13/2003 03:59 PMCBS News Nov 13 2003 3:10PM ET
Private Space Shot a Success
Private Space Shot a Success
06/22/2004 05:53 AMSpaceShipOne climbs to an altitude of 62 miles Monday before dropping
safely to the ground. It's the first privately financed manned
excursion into space. Dan Brekke reports from Mojave, California.
Scaled Composites Plans First Private
Space Shot
Scaled Composites Plans First Private
Space Shot
06/02/2004 01:36 PMScaled Composites, the X-Prize competitor funded by Microsoft mogul
Paul Allen, and led by aviation uber-genius Burt Rutan, has scheduled a test flight that, if successful, will be the first
space launch in history by the private sector.
SpaceShipOne will rocket to 100 kilometers (62 miles)
into sub-orbital space above the Mojave Civilian Aerospace Test
Center, a commercial airport in the California desert. If successful,
it will demonstrate that the space frontier is finally open to private
enterprise. This event could be the breakthrough that will enable
space access for future generations.
This flight won't qualify for the X-Prize since the prize
stipulates that you have to take 3 people to space, instead of just
one. It is likely, however, a preliminary flight to get ready for a
shot at the prize, and the precursor to commercial space travel. One
of the reasons that the Mojave Airport is on its way to being licensed
by the FTC as the world's first commercial spaceport. We have
spaceports now! My jet-pack and flying car must not be far
behind!
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Amateur Rocket Space Shot Scheduled for
May 17th, 2004
Amateur Rocket Space Shot Scheduled for
May 17th, 2004
05/31/2004 02:13 PMThe CSXT (Civilian Space eXploration Team) has received approval from
the Federal Government to conduct its historic space launch later this
month. “We’re confident that our ‘Go Fast’ Space Shot 2004 Rocket will
be the first rocket built by amateurs to be launched into space,” says
CSXT founder, Ky Michaelson. [PRWEB May 7, 2004]
HHGG text-game on the Web
HHGG text-game on the Web
09/24/2004 05:36 AM
Cory Doctorow:
The old Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy text-based Infocom adventure
game has been tarted up with some new graphics and re-released as a
little Flash app by the BBC.
Link
(
via Waxy)
Usability News - 6.2 2004 -- Reading
Online Text: A Comparison of Four White
Space Layouts
Usability News - 6.2 2004 -- Reading
Online Text: A Comparison of Four White
Space Layouts
08/11/2004 08:09 AMReading Online Text: A Comparison of Four White Space Layouts ..
reading performance was affected by the size of the margins .. a study
on whitespace .. whitespace ..
study
psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/62/whitespace.htm
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Game Boy to handle text messaging
Game Boy to handle text messaging
05/06/2004 02:21 PMA new add-on will enable Nintendo's popular Game Boy Advance to handle
text messaging, much like mobile phones.
Dark Ore Space Game Beta 2.1
Dark Ore Space Game Beta 2.1
05/20/2004 05:25 PMGalmast Space Strategy Game
Galmast Space Strategy Game
08/13/2004 09:32 PMOpen Ended Hiatus
Adrian Mole: the text-adventure game
Adrian Mole: the text-adventure game
05/31/2004 05:15 PMThe
Adrian Mole books
are my all-time favorite English kids' books. When I was in junior
high and high-school, they were practically Bibles to my friends and
me -- we could quote whole long passages of them Imagine my delight
when I found out this week that there was a text-adventure game based
on them for the Commodore 64, and that the game is now downloadable
froplay on your favorite C64 emulator.
LinkFate - A Space Trading and Combat Game
Fate - A Space Trading and Combat Game
02/18/2004 01:30 PMResignation
Apple posts trailer for new Space Colony
game
Apple posts trailer for new Space Colony
game
05/04/2004 03:44 AMApple has posted a new game trailer for Space Colony, the upcoming new
title from Aspyr...
Descent2 - Retro 3D space tunnel
exploration game
Descent2 - Retro 3D space tunnel
exploration game
05/27/2004 12:05 AMThe macosxhints Rating:[Score: 8 out of 10]Developer: Doverstreet (?)
/ Product Page
Price: Free!
A little retro flashback this week (late again, sorry; I'll try to get
back to Mondays for Picks starting next week!). One of t...
Air Force War Game Aims to Test Space
Technologies
Air Force War Game Aims to Test Space
Technologies
02/06/2005 01:11 AMReuters via Wired News Feb 6 2005 2:49AM GMT
Hitchhikers Guide to the Planet
Hitchhikers Guide to the Planet
12/17/2004 06:41 PM
What Killed
Hitchhiking? Well,
some
people don't think it is dead.
SOFIA
SOFIA
11/07/2003 07:44 AMSalmon LLC releases version 2.1 of SOFIA
SOFIA 2.2
SOFIA 2.2
05/07/2004 10:00 PMAn MVC Java Web development framework.
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy movie
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy movie
12/24/2004 12:16 PM There's a teaser trailer out for the Hitchhikers Guide movie. It's
unclear if the drooling should begin or if it's mere blasphemy. The
teaser isn't enough to make me drool. If you have an iPod, then The
Complete Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy from BBC can't be recommended
enough. (The MP3 version is getting bad reviews for sound quality, but
I can't find the "regular audio CD" set...) There's also a new trailer
for Dark Water. It's a remake...
Open Guild W@rs
Open Guild W@rs
04/16/2004 02:14 AMProject Initial start
This years movie: The Hitchhikers Guide
To The Galaxy
This years movie: The Hitchhikers Guide
To The Galaxy
03/14/2005 04:26 PMJust absolutely, positively, definitely have to see ">The Hitchhikers
Guide To The Galaxy The movie is scheduled for release late April in
the US. [Via Pers Blog]...
Guild Wars Interview
Guild Wars Interview
07/12/2004 07:25 AMshacknews.com/onearticle.x/32588
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"The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy --
Hitchiker's Movie Blog"
"The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy --
Hitchiker's Movie Blog"
05/17/2004 08:54 PMThe Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy --
The Official Movie Website
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy --
The Official Movie Website
05/14/2004 01:39 AMThe Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy -- The Official Movie Website ..
Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis .. official web
site
hitchhikers.movies.go.com/main.html
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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy --
Hitchiker's Movie Blog
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy --
Hitchiker's Movie Blog
05/13/2004 03:45 AMThe Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie has a blog .. the adjoining
weblog
hitchhikers.movies.go.com/hitchblog/blog.htm
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Hamas website hosted in Sofia
Hamas website hosted in Sofia
08/09/2004 05:39 AMSofiaecho.com - Mon Aug 9, 09:56 am GMT
Guild Wars E3 Demo Client
Guild Wars E3 Demo Client
05/02/2004 07:12 AMSofia Awaits Internet 'Hot Spots'
Sofia Awaits Internet 'Hot Spots'
06/15/2004 01:46 AMnovinite.com Jun 15 2004 5:35AM GMT
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